Bob Ley finds Pat McAfee name-calling ESPN execs ‘disquieting’
"What I just found disquieting, was the stuff calling out individuals by name. Including one that I’ve known for 40 years who has always dealt with me honestly and forthrightly."
"What I just found disquieting, was the stuff calling out individuals by name. Including one that I’ve known for 40 years who has always dealt with me honestly and forthrightly."
"Our chemistry is great. Our time together is just like it is on the air. We have a lot of laughter, a lot of fun."
"I respect Tom. I understand the situation, he’s the greatest football player of all time. I get it. I understand what we all signed up for, but it is not going to alter one thing we do."
"I guess because it’s making him take a stand on a call that’s made by an official that’s employed by the NFL."
"I think he’s gonna give an honest, unvarnished opinion and I think he’s gonna be really good."
"I know Turner is nervous, I know ESPN is nervous that Apple and Amazon are gonna come in and take some or all of the NBA packages."
"I hope they make a run of it by being more national in orientation, but it doesn't do the readers here any good."
"I can help take a little bit of the load away...and take some pressure off him, that’s basically in a lot of ways what I think my role is. And give him credit, he allows me to do it."
"Never been told that I can only have ESPN people on my show."
"Every television suit I had ever encountered has been like ‘No. A swearing punter from Indiana who’s been arrested and wears tank tops. F*ck this guy.’"
"I just want it to be a douche-free environment."
"There was no effort at all to conceal him or hide him."
"There is nothing wrong with our chemistry, I have never had better chemistry with anybody in my career than Tony."
"ESPN has told you, just to be blunt, they don't care."
"Greg said, 'Tom, I gotta tell ya, this TV thing sucks.' It was great, we were dying laughing."
"I’ve done baseball broadcasting since I was 19, professionally. I feel like I’ve done all I could do there. If someday I wanna go back and call a few games - maybe."
"I know there are people at Fox who would say there’s a chance that he doesn’t call a game there."
"I’m gonna be there to cover a football game, I want to be respectful."
"Somebody from ESPN sent a text to my agent with two words: 'Not helpful.'"
"ESPN can’t keep Stephen A. there exclusively. He’s got too much power, too much leverage, he’s made First Take his own show"
"What Peyton Manning has done with his post playing career is more of a blueprint that I would think Brady would follow"
"I don’t know if I’m at liberty to say which games I’m doing, but I love calling games."
"He put on such a great debate saying everything we were thinking. 'Wait a minute, how are we telling people the score before they see the highlights? That doesn’t make any sense.'"
"LeBron doesn’t have personal relationships like that with reporters, he hasn’t for a long time."
"I had convinced myself we were getting Peyton Manning."